Supplemental calcium with or without vitamin D is associated with lower survival and greater aortic valve replacement in elderly patients with mild to moderate aortic stenosis.

Aortic valve stenosis is the most prevalent heart valve disease worldwide. Although interventional treatment options have rapidly improved in recent years, symptomatic aortic valve stenosis is still ...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now an established treatment option for elderly patients with severe ...

Case Report: The second valve drag technique for managing acute total obstruction of the right coronary artery during transcatheter aortic valve replacement ...

Schematic overview of the natural progression of calcific aortic valve disease with its current treatment options and novel potential therapeutic targets that may slow or reverse the disease course.

Introduction Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) affects 1% of the general population. NOTCH1 was the first gene associated with BAV. The proportion of familial and sporadic BAV disease attributed to NOTCH1 ...

Whether alcohol consumption affects the development of aortic valve sclerosis (AVS) is not well known. In the present study, we aim to analyze the cross-sectional association between average daily ...

The development of aortic valve sclerosis may signal disease progression in patients with chronic heart failure.